Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ST MARY'S CHEQUERFIELD COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED

A Community Centre providing a wide range of services to the local community. These include rooms for activities, meetings and a wide range of adult education courses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£200£236£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£211£209£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£239£223£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£148£229£-81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£168£214£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£179£208£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£179£192£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£192£190£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£189£196£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£305£179£126n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£192£216£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£177£182£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£145£161£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£154£158£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£140£141£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£134£130£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£183£120£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years
(21 years as a company)

www.stmaryscommunity.co.uk

denisepallett@stmaryscommunity.co.uk

01977705341

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - St Marys Chequerfield Community Project Ltd
£5,000 07/06/2023
The funding is for a contribution to core costs to support the delivery of the wide range of activities and support the organisation provides to all members of the community.
Nova Wakefield - Grant to St Mary’s Chequerfield Community Project
£3,188 30/04/2023
Training 10 new Menopause First Aider’s from VCSE organisations to deliver a Menohealth menopause support programme for individuals across the Wakefield District
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - St Mary's Chequerfield Community Project
£1,960 27/07/2022
The funding is for a contribution to the core costs of the organisation to enable them to remain open and provide a warm community space.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Mary's Chequerfield Community Project
£35,000 29/06/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Administrator and insurance costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-83
  • CHRIS BINGHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Teacher
  • DAVID DOUGLAS HENSHAW JONES Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired Assistant Headteacher
  • GEOFFREY MICHAEL WALSH Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JULIE BRIDGET CARRITT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Manager
  • MICHAEL JOHN SKIDMORE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • PATRICIA MARGARET HOLLIES Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Educational Organiser
  • REV DENISE PALLETT Appointed: 2024
  • SARAH SMITH - EVANS Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Youth Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2006, number: 1115477
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2003, number: 04718886
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR09: 46 days late,
Main office

St Mary's Community Centre
The Circle
Chequerfield
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF8 2AY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHEQUERFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHEQUERFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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